A crime disturbed a whole continent (7)
I believe the answer is:
america
'whole continent' is the definition.
'america' can be an answer for 'continent' (the Americas can be considered as one continent). I am not certain of the 'whole' bit.
'a crime disturbed a' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' indicates anagramming the letters (the order of letters is disturbed).
'crime' anagrammed gives 'meric'.
'a'+'meric'+'a'='AMERICA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for america that I've seen before include "huge landmass" , "World power" , "Song title shared by Sondheim-Bernstein and Paul Simon among others" , "Care and aim badly for the continent" , "United States" .)